Improved clothes-drier



ihtiird gisten FREDE RICK R. BUTLER, OF vROCKY HILL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORy -TO HIMSELF AND LEONARD R. WELLES.

Letters Patent No. 94,182, dated August 31, 1869.

IMPRovnD CLOTHES-Damn.'

The Schedule Areferred tc in these Letters Patent and making part of. the same.

To-all whom it bury concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK R. BUTLER, of Rocky Hill, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Frames; and to enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, I will proceed to` describe its construction and operation, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures.

The nature of this invention consists of a hollow hub, having orifices for the reception of rivets, for securing swivel-clips thereto, by means of pins or rivets, the object of which is to receive and hold the support- `iug=rods, and allow them to open or close at will; and further, to furnisha cheap, eiiicient, and durable frame, that will not be liable to get broken o r out of usable repair, and that Vmay be folded with'the clothes upon the lines, and all taken up together.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective elevation.

Figures 2 and 3 are lsectional views of joints, such as are proposed to be used in the manufacture of these frames.

a is a solid hub, having' the pins b secured in the body thereof.

Ya is a hollowhub having orilices through which the pins b' are inserted.

c are rings, perforated ou one side to receive one end of the pins 0r rivets b.

c are clips, also perforated, to receive the end ofV the livets b', after which -the ends of .said rivets are headed, so as to allow the rings or clips to swivel upon A the pins or rivets. d are supporting-rods, which are secured about the middle of their length in the rings or clips, and the line or lines e are arranged to the upper ends or portions of these rods, and generally so that the line when in one piece will adjust itself to the unequal distances lthat may exist between each rod.

The great advantages of this invention consist in so constructing a clothes-trame, that there can be no lia'- the rods d and cord e, substantially as and for the purpose described. FREDERICK R. BUTLER. [1.. s.]

Witnesses E. W Buss, J. W. BLISS. 

